Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-09-17

Railway men are not celebrated, like
cabmen, for instance, for having much
power in the way of repRrtee, but now
and then they are the occasion Of 1t IN
others. At a certain station a porter
promptly offered assistance to a bishop,
who was more often out of his diocese
than his people liked He was a
humOrist. loved continental trips, and
carried a good deal of luggage with
him.
Glow many articles, your lordship %
asked the porter.
"Thirty-nine, replied the bishop,
with a twinkle In the eye.
THAT'S too many, I'm afraid, your
lOrdship," said the man, stOlidly and in
perfect good faith.
"Ahp responded the bishop, dryly,
al perceive that you are a dissenter.
And the porter did not see the joke.
This density was we'll shown on the
North London railway not long since.
A passenger remarked In the hearing
of one Of the cOmpany's servants how
easy it was to edo" as he called it, the
company. He declared that he had
often taken them in. The servant was
on the alert ia moment; thought he
had got a chance, and determined to
make the most of it. He listened.
81 have often, said the passenger to
his companion, "gOne from Broad stree
! to DalstOn Junction without ticket
Any one can do it easily; 1 did it my
self yesterday"
When he got out of the train, the
/ servant of the company followed after,
and wanted to know how it was done.
| At first the passenger would not give
/ the information; but at last, for little
monetary consideration, he agreed
The money was paid.
Nov, asked the official, chow dir
you manage to get from Broad street,
DalstOn Junction without a ticket?"
/ "Oh," said the passenger, with "a
smile, 81 simply walked the distance.
That railway servant grimly saw the
/ joke but felt that he had paid for 1t
rather dearly.
On the old Stockton and Darlington
| Railway, IN the days when that COM
pany took the preachers of the Gospel
/ at half price, like children, one of the
| ticket clerks, when asked for minister's
! ticket by a somewhat unclerical-lOOlling
man, expressed a doubt as to his pro
fessiOn. I'll read you one of my ser
mons If you doubt my word. said the
I minister. mo, thank YOU" said the
I l1GAOb C-C4EA m1l-A q s54OI4L4y 1L4144Cs d44l
handed the ticket over without any
! further proof.
Still, there was once a railway man
who must have been a wag at heart
| He was an engine driver and had been
| discharged for not exercising due care
in the course Of mis- duty. He applied
to be reinstated in his former occupa.
ton, when the following dialogue took
place.
"You were dismissed, " said the Super.
intendent austerely, "for letting youl
tram come twice in collision. Once we
could have overlooked, and we did sc
on your first occasion; but it is impOssi
/ bic for US to pass over a second offence
and you only waste your time is making
such an application as you are now pro
| ceeding with.
Why" said the engine driver, inter.
rupting him, "that is the very reason
I why 1 ask TO be restored to my work. =
How sO?" asked the Superintendent
In establishment
Because, sir, replied the man, "if ]
had any doubt on the occasion as Il
whether two trains could pass eacI
! other on the same line, my doubt i,
now entirely removed. have tried IL
/ twice. sir, and I find that It can't be
done; and you may take my word fol
it that L shall not try the experiment
again.
And he did not, for they would n5-
allow him the opportunity. CRamb eT-s
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